Ecology and Design: Frameworks for Learning
<p>Professionals, faculty, and students are aware of the pressing need to integrate ecological principles into environmental design and planning education, but few materials exist to facilitate that development.<p>Ecology and Design addresses that shortcoming by articulating priorities and approaches for incorporating ecological principles in the teaching of landscape design and planning. The book explains why landscape architecture and design and planning faculty should include...
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This collection of 16 papers advocates the teaching of ecology in landscape architecture programs. The contributors discuss the conceptual underpinnings of contemporary ecology and their implications for design and planning, the difference between ecological science and ecological understanding, and ways to instill an informed sense of place through interaction with the local landscape. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsCh. 1Introduction: Toward Landscape Realism1Pt. ITheories of Nature in Ecology and Design27Ch. 2The Authority of Nature: Conflict, Confussion, and Renewal in Design, Planning, and Ecology29Ch. 3Ecology's New Paradigm: What Does It Offer Designers and Planners?51Ch. 4The Missing Catalyst: Design and Planning with Ecology Roots85Pt. IIPerspectives on Theory and Practice111Ch. 5Lead or Fade into Obscurity: Can Landscape Educators Ask and Answer Useful Questions about Ecology?113Ch. 6What from Ecology Is Relevant to Design and Planning?133Ch. 7Toward an Inclusive Concept of Infrastructure173Ch. 8Human Health and Design: An Essay in Two Parts1911Exquisite Communion: The Body, Landscape, and Toxic Exposures1922Design and Planning as Healing Arts: The Broader Context of Health and Environment203Pt. IIIEducation for Practice215Ch. 9Ecological Science and Landscape Design: A Necessary Relationship in Changing Landscapes217Ch. 10On Teaching Ecological Principles to Designers231Ch. 11Looking Beneath the Surface: Teaching a Landscape Ethic245Pt. IVPrescriptions for Change269Ch. 12In Expectation of Relationships: Centering Theories around Ecological Understanding271Ch. 13The Nature of Dialogue and the Dialogue of Nature: Designers and Ecologists in Collaboration305Ch. 14Interweaving Ecology in Design and Planning Curricula357Ch. 15Integrating Ecology "across" the Curriculum of Landscape Architecture397Ch. 16Building Ecological Understandings in Design Studio: A Repertoire for a Well-Crafted Learning Experience415Ch. 17From Theory to Practice: Educational Outcomes in the World of Professional Practice473Ch. 18Conclusions: Frameworks for Learning493Notes on Primary Authors503List of Contributors509Index513
